Monthly Archives: October 2012

Beer Review #24: Belhaven Scottish Ale

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Appearance: Cloudy and rust colored with maybe the creamiest and longest lasting head that I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. The look of a great hearty rustic beer. Beautiful lacing!

Smell: A gentle malt aroma blends together with a slight note of caramel.

Taste: I expected a bit of thicker mouth-feel, but it is still a bit robust. The malt is instantaneous followed by fresh bread and dry fruit.

Overall: There is a lot going on here. 84/100.  Maybe too much, but all in all this was a good time.

Up Next: Magic Hat Hex Ourtoberfest.

Beer Review #23: Magic Hat #9

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Appearance: The beautiful golden brown color of perfectly toasted bread. It’s dark orange tint and incredible clarity are quite appealing. The head, though a bit weak, has some staying power.

Smell: I get a lot of fruit. Peaches and something citrusy. I don’t get any of the traditional pale ale aromas though.

Taste: I get a faint hint of peaches, maybe some dried fruit. There is a nice aftertaste of hops, but I also get something off-putting that I can’t quite finger. It has a nice medium mouthfeel. All in all, it’s a very unique taste.

Overall: This was another weird one for me. Something about the taste was a bit off, but I still enjoyed this overall. I’m going to give it an 76/100, but that may be a bit too generous. I need a rating system that isn’t so arbitrary, but I love assigning points arbitrarily. What to do?

Up Next: Belhaven Scottish Ale

Beer Review #22: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Appearance: Orange hued with a creamy, thick off-white head. It’s also a bit cloudy, but very slightly so.

Smell: Well pronounce hop aroma. Almost bitter even through the nose.

Taste: Not nearly as hoppy as I has assumed it would be. Well balanced, smooth, crisp,and refreshing. I get a slightly citrus note as soon as it hits the tongue. That goes into a very subtle hop taste which lingers.

Overall: This beer was not at all what I had expected. It’s flavors were a bit underwhelming, but they came together in a very enjoyable way. I feel like something is missing though. Still a great buy. 82/100.

Up Next: Magic Hat No. 9

Beer Review #21: Old Leghumper Robust Porter

29 Monday Oct 2012

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Apperance: Beautifully dark, barely letting any light through.This is exactly what I am looking for in a porter. Up to the light there is slight color: a deep bloody red, maybe brown. The head is thick and creamy, mocha colored. This is a beautiful beginning.

Smell: Freshly roasted coffee, but very faint. The smell has those typical malty notes that one expects from porter, but I would have expected it to be more pronounced.

Taste: The mouth feel is phenomenal  The chocolate is undeniably here, possibly too much, but I quite like it.

Overall: This one has caused me a great deal of frustration. It’s a very good porter, but the chocolate is almost too much. That being said, this is a fantastic beer that I would highly recommend to any lover of porters or stouts. 85/100 feels right.

Up Next: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Beer Review #12: Yuengling Amber Lager (Redo)

26 Friday Oct 2012

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Appearance: I am getting it poured from a draft into a chilled pewter mug so I can’t really tell you too much, but the lacing is amazing.

Smell: Quite Malty. Maybe slightly nutty

Taste: Crisp, malty as predicted. No aftertaste. Pedestrian really.

Overall: This was not exceptional. However, it beats most American beer. I would have this poured from a draft over your typical American fare, but would never buy a bottle. 65/100.

Up Next: No idea.

Trolling Craigslist #6: The Crack of the Crust

24 Wednesday Oct 2012

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I enjoyed writing this ad, I couldn’t stop chuckling while typing. Also, turns out most guys have no idea what a god damned haiku is, but some were good. Someone finally caught on to the joke too. Here we go and be sure to share it if you like it. (And read the damn beer reviews.)

Beer Review #20: Samuel Adams Dunkelweizen

24 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Appearance: Hazy and a rich brown, caramel color. The head is off white with some staying power. I like what I see.

Smell: Fresh fruit immediately. Followed by a nice, sweet malt aroma. I am becoming tumescent.

Taste: Bananas, slightly bready and a delightfully malty aftertaste. The Dunkelseizen had a medium body that very pleasantly coats the tongue for a full flavor experience.

Overall: A thrilling beer. I have been snubbed by the Boston Beer Co. in the past, but this holds its own. 82/100. This is a beer that I see myself having many more times in the future. Give it a go.

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Beer Review #19: Bell’s Hell Hath No Fury Ale [Guest Post]

18 Thursday Oct 2012

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Hi there! I’m Ryan, from Columbus Food and Beer. I’ll be doing the beer reviewing tonight, but first I’d like to tell you a little about myself. Just don’t stalk me or try to kidnap me.

I’m a student at Ohio State majoring in Physics, and I’m in my mid-twenties. I drink a lot of beer, but not in the binge-drink I’m at a frat party kind-of-way. What I mean is that I drink a lot of different kinds of beer, because I love new experiences. I also love food, and eat a lot of it. Somehow, I’m not 500 lbs, but I think I’ll be someday.

I decided to start a blog about three of my passions: food, beer, and Columbus. It’s all about discovering what’s good in Columbus, and I make an effort to push for more. Now, I think these paragraphs fall into the “other nonsense” category of this blog. Time for the good stuff: the booze.

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Bell’s Brewery‘s Hell Hath No Fury Ale

Belgian Strong Dark Ale – 7.7% ABV

Drink/avoid: DRINK

Hell Hath No Fury Ale

Appearance: Since this is a Belgian strong dark ale, I poured it into my tulip glass (yeah, I’m fancy). The first thing I notice is the huge, chocolate-colored head. It’s pretty impressive, and it recedes to form a nice frothy top on the beer. Here, take a look:

Aroma: As expected, it’s a dark beer. It has a great chocolaty aroma, with a lot of dark fruits in there too. Maybe some molasses? It’s also a little boozy, which is surprising for only 7.7%. Overall, this beer has a pretty mild nose.

Taste: Oh, man. This is a beautifully complex beer. I mean, seriously, this is good. Dark fruity flavors (plums, I think) accompany the roasted malts, which give a nice toasty flavor. It’s mildly sweet, and it’s a little spicy, too. Hops just make their presence known at the end, and vanish quickly. It has a very dry finish (wouldn’t be a Belgian without the dry finish!). The finish is also slightly chocolaty and a little spicy, and it lingers in the mouth for a little bit. Pretty creamy mouth feel.

Overall: I love it. It’s not what I anticipated at all, but I’m very pleased. It’s also not too heavy, so I could imagine hitting a few of these pretty quickly and getting dizzy. I’d give this beer an 85/100, with a few points deducted because it’s so expensive ($16 for a six-pack…what??). However, it’s worth the splurge, especially if you have a few friends to go in on it with you.

Now, I like to do a breakdown for points on my blog, so here’s how I’d do it:

Appearance: 3/3

Aroma: 2.5/4

Hop/malt balance: 3/4

Mouth feel: 2.5/3

Finish: 3/3

Overall: 3/3

Total: 17/20

Trolling Craigslist #5: Terrible Fantasies and an Unofficial Presidential Poll

18 Thursday Oct 2012

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We have a Facebook page now. Like us won’t you? https://www.facebook.com/BoozeAndOtherNonsense

For this posting I wanted to see if I could get the degenerates to be a little more creative so I gave them a blank canvas to work with. I received over 150 responses  but most were fairly tame. These are the ones that made me chuckle. This may be my favorite outing yet.

Also, I asked the respondents to place their candidate of choice for the upcoming presidential election in the title or their e-mail. The results: Of those that actually followed the instruction, 89 picked President Obama, 15 picked Mitt Romney, 7 were undecided, 2 picked Gary Johnson, 2 picked Bill Clinton, 1 guy picked John Kerry, and one man was writing in his own name. I guess Democrats are previer than Republicans. I would have assumed the opposite. (Though the Romney e-mails were the creepiest.)

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Beer Review #18: Brooklyn Brewery Oktoberfest

17 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Appearance: I’m thrilled with the thin, light chocolate mousse colored head. It has some staying power, a feature that I always appreciate. The Beer itself is copper colored and a tad bit cloudy. I haven’t even smelled it yet, but I am becoming tumescent.

Smell: Big, bold malt smell. If you have trouble identifying the smell or taste of malt in a beer then I highly recommend giving this a smell.

Taste: Rich and sweet. It has a great creaminess and the caramel notes leave a pleasant aftertaste. There is a slight bitterness near the end that serves as a perfect finish to this delightful Märzen-style lager.

Overall: I am quite fond of this. 83/100. It could maybe be a bit more balanced, but overall this beer is a huge success. It may enter the rotation soon. (I’ll have to list my top 6 sometime so that we actually know what the rotation is.) If you like a malty beer than you can’t do much better than Brooklyn Oktoberfest.

Up Next: Samuel Adams Dunkelweizen